Kapitalska Druzba d.d. and Slovenska Odskodninska Druzba
d.d., the state-owned financial companies or the agency for
managing state assets, should step in as Pivovarna Lasko “isn’t
a stable partner” as owner of Mercator, Zorko was quoted as
saying in the interview with the Ljubljana-based newspaper.

The drinks company needs to repay 150 million euros ($199
million) of loans by end of March and Zorko hopes banks will
reprogram the debt, Delo said.